Movie

Playing for Time

1980★ 6.9 · 572h 30mDramaMusicHistoryTV Movie

Overview

When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned to a terrible task—using their talents to soothe fellow prisoners who are sentenced to die in the gas chambers.

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Cast

Christine Baranski
as Olga

Vanessa Redgrave
as Fania Fenelon

Anna Thomson
as Michou

Jane Alexander
as Alma Rose

Maud Adams
as Mala

Marisa Berenson
as Elzvieta

Viveca Lindfors
as Frau Schmidt

Robin Bartlett
as Etalina

Shirley Knight
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Tom Everett
as Second Chess Player

Melanie Mayron
as Marianne

Max Wright
as Dr. Josef Mengele